Re: [exim] using aliase file piped command, can it work?

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Author: Andy Smith
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Subject: Re: [exim] using aliase file piped command, can it work?
Hi,

ok thanks alot for your replies Graeme and Bryan. So is this an ok config to have on my live SMTP servers?
Im not going to get myself into any terrible troubles for this am I? It seems a bit dirty to me, but then Im no
Exim expert....

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Phil (Medway Hosting) wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Simon Faulkner" <simon@???>
> To: <exim-users@???>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 5:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [exim] Debian Exim Pipe
>
>
>>> It has us baffled, too, which is why we don't support the debian config
>>> here. If there's one thing you should be able to understand from
>>> README.Debian, it's the location of the Debian exim support mailing
> list.
>> Ha, first thing that's made me smile since lunchtime. ty Marc
>>
>> Excellent lesson in how to tell someone to "get lost" whilst making them
>> laugh.
>
> If you don't mind me asking, (and no I DON'T have Debian) - What exactly is
> the issue with Debian & Exim and why a separate list ? Because they have
> modded it so much to make it work on that OS ? Is it really all that
> different ? Just interested.
>
> All the best
>
> Phil
>


They haven't modified Exim to 'run' on Debian.

AFAIK Exim was/is primarily *developed* in a Linux environment.

The 'generic Exim' package needs nothing much different between a *BSD
and a Linux save the dirtree location of the install and method of
startup (rc vs initd).

What they *have* modified is the manner in which the ~/configure file is
created and modified.

Automated or assisted with scripts that allege to make it easier to get
it right and harder to get it wrong.

To be fair, they probably do just that much of the time.

But if you need to do something 'special' or otherwise don't choose to
use that option then the 'generic' single ~/configure file will work the
same for you on Debian as it does for me (FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris...).

The proper list for generic Exim with monolithic ~/configure file is
right here. Regardless of OS.

The modular knee-bone connected to the ass-bone by way of the neck-bone
using a bunch of clever scripts, OTOH, needs, and has - its own list.

Both will get the job done. Which one is 'better' depends on whether you
more easily grok shell or acl.

;-)

Bill